Kuwait Tax Update

Analysis

Slim Gargouri provides an update on tax developments in Kuwait, examining the taxation agreement between Kuwait and Moldova, which entered into force on 21 June 2013 and is effective from 1 January 2014.

Tax treaty between Kuwait and Moldova: Effective from January 2014

The agreement was signed in Chisinau on 15 March 2010, entered into force on 21 June 2013 and will be effective from 1 January 2014.

The main provisions are as follows:

Permanent establishment

The term "permanent establishment" means a fixed place of business through which the business of an enterprise is wholly or partly carried on.

A building site, a construction, assembly, erection or installation project or any supervisory activity in connection therewith carried out in a contracting state, constitutes a permanent establishment only if the site, project or activity continues for more than nine months.